1896.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



79 



in. 



Wheat bran, 

 Gluten feed, 

 Feed 14 to 16 quarts daily. 



rounds. 

 100 

 100 



Coarse Fodder Ration 2. — About one-half English hay 

 and one-half meadow hay, or about one-half corn ensilage 

 (30 pounds) and all the meadow hay the animal will eat. 



Grain Rations for Above. 



n. 



Pounds. 



Corn meal, 1">0 



Cut ton-seed meal, . . . 100 

 Feed 7 quarts daily. 



Wheat bran, 

 Gluten feed, 

 Feed 10 to 12 quarts daily 



Pounds. 

 100 

 100 



Remarks. — The writer questions the wisdom of a sys- 

 tem of farming in which much labor is devoted to securing 

 meadow hay for feeding to farm animals. The large amount 

 of grain necessary to be fed in order to secure reasonably 

 nutritive rations calls for a considerable outlay of money, 

 which renders the various rations of doubtful economy. 



The tendency of modern dairy farming is to raise crops 

 containing more nitrogenous matter (protein), and thus re- 

 duce the amount of grain to be purchased. 



To farmers who have been gathering and feeding large 

 quantities of meadow hay the writer would make the fol- 

 lowing suggestions : — 



In addition to English hay, raise annual crops, such as 

 peas and oats, vetch and oats and Hungarian grass. Cut 

 these for hay. Grow corn fodder and soja-bean fodder, 

 and put into a silo in the proportion of two parts corn to 

 one part soja beans. Such a system will give large amounts 

 of nutritious winter feed, and will enable one to get along 

 with one-half of the grain feed mentioned above. 



